Eiko
Ikegami
Professor and Chair,
Department of Sociology
New School University
"Virtual Communities and Civil Society: Ethnology of Social Networking Media
and Community Formation in Japan and the U.S."

Yuko Kasuya
Associate Professor,
Political Science
Keio University
"Globalizing Transparency: The Causes of Freedom of Information Laws Around the
World"

Eiji
Kawabata
Associate Professor,
Political Science and Law Enforcement
Minnesota State University at Mankato
"The Politics of Privacy in Japan, Australia, and South Korea: Complex Policy
Convergence in the Asia Pacific"

Jenny Rebecca Kehl
Assistant Professor,
Department of Political Science and International Development
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus
"Water Scarcity and Food Security"

Kumiko Nemoto
Assistant Professor,
Sociology
Western Kentucky University
"A Comparative Study of Workplace Equality in a Japanese Multinational Firm in Japan, the United States, and China"

Aya
Okada
Professor, Graduate
School of International Development
Nagoya University
"Globalization and Changing Patterns of Skills Development: A Comparative Study
of the U.S., China and India"

Jennifer Robertson
Professor, Anthropology
and the History of Art
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
"Safety, Security, Convenience: The Political Economy of Service Robots in
Japan"

Etsuro Shioji
Professor of Economics
Hitotsubashi University
"The Global Trade and Output Collapse of the 2008-2009 Period: Cross Country
Comparison Based on Japanese Experiences"